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Document Type
Map
Physical Location
G3300 1759 .H6
Contributors
Homann Erben (Firm) {issuing body}
Date of Creation
between 1752 and 1784
Publication
Noribergæ : Homann heredibus
Language
Latin
Description
Historical map of North America covering regions from the Great Lakes and Nova Scotia to Central America, Caribbean with Venezuela and from New Mexico to the eastern seaboard. Includes historical notes, 4 scale bars and two engraved scenes. In Atlantic Sea area: large scene of gold mining operations with the indigenous peoples. The Pacific coast area depicts a a scene with a raging naval battle between many ships. Shows settlement place names, indigenous people tribes and villages, sea routes and British colonies east of the Appalachian Mountains. Map is based on Delisle's 1703 map. An earlier state contains the priviledge statement in the cartouche.
Map Scale
Scale approximately 1:1,000,000 -- (W 108°--W 60°/N 46°--N 7°)
verso
Part of
Allen Lastinger Center for Florida History
Keywords
Early maps; Indigenous people of North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800; North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800; New Spain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800; Southern States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800; Spain -- Colonies
Recommended Citation
Homann, 1663-1724, Johann Baptist. "Regni Mexicani seu Novæ Hispaniæ, Ludovicianæ, N Angliæ, Carolinæ, Virginiæ et Pensylvaniæ, necnon insvlarvm archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali." Noribergæ : Homann heredibus, between 1752 and 1784. Allen Lastinger Center for Florida History. Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/alcfh-maps/87